Dill Pickle Club Masked Ball
Description
"Among the most popular Dill Pickle Club events were its frequent masquerade balls. These events appealed to a broad range of partygoers, allowing wealthy residents of the Gold Coast to mingle in relative anonymity with working people and artists. Masquerade balls also attracted gay men and women. Under cover of the party, women could dress as men and men as women. With so many people cross-dressing, few took notice of same sex couples. Although the Dill Pickle Club closed early in the 1930s, citywide Halloween Balls continued to be meeting places for gay men and women into the 1940s."
Publisher
Newberry Library
Date
1916
Contributor
Newberry Library
Rights
Courtesy of the Newberry Library
Identifier
Newberry Library, Midwest MS Dill Pickle, Box 1, Folder 19
Source
Newberry Library, Midwest MS Dill Pickle, Box 1, Folder 19